Washington panchang, 31 January 2028
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 09:18 Magha month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 17:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:24
- 07:27 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:54 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:26 to 07:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:58
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 21:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 07:27
- Karana Bava until 09:54, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:27 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:24
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:25 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:12 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:33 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:49 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:21 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:10 – 17:26 | Good |
| Char | 17:26 – 19:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:10 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:54 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:04 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:48 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:32 – 07:15 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:25 Sagittarius
- 06:25 – 07:57 Capricorn
- 07:57 – 09:13 Aquarius
- 09:13 – 10:25 Pisces
- 10:25 – 11:50 Aries
- 11:50 – 13:39 Taurus
- 13:39 – 15:57 Gemini
- 15:57 – 18:27 Cancer
- 18:27 – 20:56 Leo
- 20:56 – 23:25 Virgo
- 23:25 – 01:55 next day Libra
- 01:55 – 04:19 next day Scorpio
- 04:19 – 06:21 next day Sagittarius
- 06:21 – 07:15 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EST (UTC-5) · Method